Of One's Own Accord/free Will Idiom American Expressions and American Idioms - What does Of One's Own Accord/free Will Idiom mean?

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of one's own accord/free will What does of one's own accord/free will mean?	by one's own choice	The supervisor decided to leave her job of her own free will and was not fired.
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(do not) have a leg to stand on What does "(do not) have a leg to stand on" mean?	do not have the facts to support or win an argument or a legal charge that is made against you (usually used in the negative)	The apartment manager tried to evict the young family but he didn't have a leg to stand on and he lost the case in court.

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Of One's Own Accord/free Will Idiom